Joseph Swan was an inventor from Pallion and AI highlighted him for his invention of the incandescent light bulb and photographic processes.placeholder image
Joseph Swan was an inventor from Pallion and AI highlighted him for his invention of the incandescent light bulb and photographic processes. | se

I asked AI for the 13 most famous people from Sunderland's illustrious history: The results were surprising

If you had to pick your favourite person from Sunderland’s history, who would you choose?

Our fantastic city has a rich heritage as well as plenty of illustrious people to be proud of.

But I wanted to know who AI would choose as its 13 most famous Sunderland people throughout history.

The results were interesting. Take a look.

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